Cheese & Wine Evening Saturday 9 November 7.00 – 9.00 pm Tickets are £10 per person to include a selection of delicious cheeses and your first glass of wine, and can be purchased from the Parish Office. Cash only please. All proceeds will go towards providing water for a children’s
Continue readingWe will be displaying our swathe of poppies in the church again during November. If you would like to add to it by making crocheted, knitted, or fabric poppies, in red and black, up to 10 cm in diameter we would be very happy to accept them. There is a
Continue readingI would personally like to thank everyone involved in making our Hog Roast and Band Beggars evening such a resounding success. To Ticcy and Margaret and their fabulous teams, through to the very generous donations of Guinness, wine, time and table decorations and to those of you who bought tickets
Continue readingLAST FEW DAYS – BRING IN YOUR BOXES NOW! Our Christmas shoebox appeal starts again this weekend. Please take one of the leaflets at the back of church and fill a box for us. Blythswood have let us know that this year all the boxes we collect will be
Continue readingWe had a great turnout of over 40 people at the refreshments organised by our SVP team following the Mass of Anointing held on Saturday 21st September. It was lovely to see so many parishioners come over to the hall, an impressive number compared to the previous year, which made
Continue readingAs part of Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW), St. Edmund’s Church will host a special Remembrance Tree from 9th to 15th October. Now in its 22nd year, BLAW provides an opportunity for the baby loss community and others to come together to honour and remember the babies we have loved
Continue readingCome and join us for an evening of traditional and contemporary Irish music by the fantastic Band Beggars. Enjoy a hog roast and relax with friends in the Parish hall. A licenced bar will be available. This will take place on Saturday 12 October from 7pm to 10pm. Tickets are
Continue reading‘The SVP gives powerful practical expression to Pope Francis’ desire for the Church to be a Church for the poor.’ Cardinal Vincent Nichols The SVP’s aim is to tackle poverty in all its forms through the provision of practical assistance to those in need. Our Beckenham branch gives assistance and
Continue readingOne of our parishioners has had the lovely idea of putting on an All Saints Party for the younger children in the parish. As All Saints Day is during half term and is also a week day, she wants to gauge whether parents will be able to bring their children
Continue readingThe Bishops of England and Wales have invited all parishes to have a period of Adoration uniting the faithful in focusing on the Eucharist with renewed and deepened devotion in anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year. On Saturday evening there will be Adoration for a quarter of an hour after Mass, followed
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